The Brick Slayer | 
pickThis is the first in the Bloodlands series that is set in the 20th century. A string of brutal attacks & murders in Chicago & LA have the police initially suspecting pretty much everyone, but changes after witnesses come forward. As Schechter states in the afterword, "Anyone studying the case...is bound to feel their blood boil by the sickening racism displayed by the police, the public, & the press at the time." Richard Wright based parts of ?
vivastory Native Son on the coverage of this case. This is the first in the Bloodlands series that felt still very topical, unfortunately. 5y